His new role at Omega will be as a strategist and money
manager, New York-based Boockvar wrote in an e-mail today. Omega
invests mainly in U.S. stocks and has returned on average 13
percent annually since Cooperman founded it in 1991, Bloomberg
Markets reported in its August issue. Einhorn, vice chairman of
the firm, joined in 1999, according to the New York-based hedge
fund’s website.

Boockvar, 43, also had a role as a sales trader on the
equity desk at Miller Tabak. He previously worked in the
corporate bond research department at Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette, the firm’s website shows. He graduated from George
Washington University.